The baby chicks that arrived May 12th are now just about 4 weeks old and they are growing like weeds. They have a full complement of feathers and are flying all around the brood box. We have to keep a screen door on top of the box to keep them in. There is also a lot of “chest bumping” happening as they begin establishing their pecking order. My wife has been taking them out to the coop on nice days to get them used to their future digs. Being chickens they do what chickens do, which is mostly to eat, crap and dust bathe.
I began framing out the expansion to the coop this weekend and hope to complete it next weekend. It will triple the size of our current coop. After that I’ll need to build a permanent run, part of it will need to be covered. It will also need some temporary barrier to keep the older girls separated from the younger ones until they are ready to be introduced to each other. I’m still chewing on that idea.
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